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Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases

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Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced 2-disc DVD ($30.98) and 2-disc Blu-ray ($39.99) releases of The Hunger Games for August 18th. Extras will include an 8-part "The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games" documentary, featurettes ("Game Maker: Suzanne Collins and The Hunger Games Phenomenon", "Letters from the Rose Garden", "Controlling the Games", "A Conversation with Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell"), the Propoganda Film in its entirety, a Marketing Archive, and a digital copy. The Blu-ray release will also include an exclusive "Preparing for The Games: A Director’s Process" featurette.

Synopsis

Quote: The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy of books published by Scholastic that has already become a literary phenomenon with over 36.5 million copies in circulation. Set in the future, one male and one female from each of the twelve districts of the nation is forced to participate in the annual competition called The Hunger Games, which is broadcast live throughout the country for the entertainment of the Capitol’s wealthy residents. Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) volunteers in her younger sister’s place to enter the games, and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy when she’s pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

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Of all the things that had me worried about this movie, it was the fact that it was made in the mindset of a PG-13 release. Not saying that it's a bad move, but looking at a film that's got a pretty decent amount of stylized areas here and there, they sure went out of there way to make it hard to digest and enjoy.

I am of course talking about the bloody camera shaking technique. Normally that's used when the situations are getting rough and the action gets confusing, but here it's used so much that you can't help but feel like someone took lessons from watching JJ Abrams banging on the cameras for Star Trek and took that to mean success. For instance, one of the ways this film gets away with the violence is by having the camera shake so hard and so fast that all you see is a little splatter here and a bit of blood there, but no why to determine who got hit or where they got it. The shaking is so drastic and forced that you start to realize that they had to shoot even the non-action moments with shaky cam just so that the outrageous shaking shots don't look so out of place.

In short, The Hunger Games has turned "steady shots" into something film makers should avoid if they don't want an R-Rating.

djblack1313 wrote: stevepulaski, just stop. you're making yourself look more foolish with each post. TONS & TONS of people respect and love BATTLE ROYALE. tons. and they loved and respected it LONG before HUNGER GAMES. you sound like a tween who's so desperate to defend his TWILIGHT movie. just relax. it's possible for both movies to be revered. You've completely misunderstood his posts. It wasn't him that slagged BR off, it was Swansonblvd.

For the record, Battle Royale is a horrible movie. No character development, so you don't care who dies. It may have been gruesome and gory, but that's about it. I'd rather add The Hunger Games to my collection than Royale.

It was NOT a good movie in any sense of the word. The acting was either flat and wooden with absolutely no depth to speak of, or it was totally cliched and unoriginal. There was nothing in the movie (and story) that was original.

This is why I love Lionsgate. They don't skimp out on the bonus features, unlike WB (which is why I barely buy their BDs anymore). I'm still curious if they'll double dip this, like a huge box set for the entire series in the future. It'll most likely happen.

stevepulaski, just stop. you're making yourself look more foolish with each post. TONS & TONS of people respect and love BATTLE ROYALE. tons. and they loved and respected it LONG before HUNGER GAMES. you sound like a tween who's so desperate to defend his TWILIGHT movie. just relax. it's possible for both movies to be revered.

Primogen18 wrote: Swansonblvd wrote: stevepulaski wrote: Great cover, lukewarm movie. After you watch "Battle Royale," this film is a petty snack. Good performances, solid dialog, but monotonous, indistinct action and no commentary. Also shocked at the apparent Saturday release. Too bad nobody cares about Battle Royale.

Alot of poeple care about Battle Royale, me being one of them. This was a good movie though on its own.

Yep. Nobody cares. That's why it has received critical acclaim, has been resurrected because of "The Hunger Games," and has been re-released on a better DVD. Sounds like no one cares, doesn't it?

It was NOT a good movie in any sense of the word. The acting was either flat and wooden with absolutely no depth to speak of, or it was totally cliched and unoriginal. There was nothing in the movie (and story) that was original. I hate when movies keep recycling the same story over and over. But I can tolerate it if the movie at least tries to include a few original story elements or character development. The editing of the movie is atrocious and just lazy and nonsensical. Go to thatguywiththeglasses and watch the videos that Marzgurl did talking about this mess of a film.

Swansonblvd wrote: stevepulaski wrote: Great cover, lukewarm movie. After you watch "Battle Royale," this film is a petty snack. Good performances, solid dialog, but monotonous, indistinct action and no commentary. Also shocked at the apparent Saturday release. Too bad nobody cares about Battle Royale.

Alot of poeple care about Battle Royale, me being one of them. This was a good movie though on its own.

stevepulaski wrote: Great cover, lukewarm movie. After you watch "Battle Royale," this film is a petty snack. Good performances, solid dialog, but monotonous, indistinct action and no commentary. Also shocked at the apparent Saturday release. Too bad nobody cares about Battle Royale.

Great cover, lukewarm movie. After you watch "Battle Royale," this film is a petty snack. Good performances, solid dialog, but monotonous, indistinct action and no commentary. Also shocked at the apparent Saturday release.

I would really like a combo pack for this one, but I'm pleased that it seems to be getting a nice treatment on either format. I am disappointed there are no deleted scenes, but I'm not devastated. The movie was long enough.

I am so thrilled that we're getting a pretty packed release right off the bat for this movie and the cover art is pleasantly what I expected. Also very happy that DVD users don't get shafted this time around, a nice move on Lionsgate's part. I can't imagine retailer exclusives adding much more except for maybe the aforementioned deleted scenes, which I would like to see since there reportedly are a few. Can't wait for August 18th!